Re: W7 - Homegroup & Libraries Desktop Icons

"PedroB" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone
>
> I've used Vista Home Premium for a year or so now and I've installed
> Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade and so far so good - I'm pretty impressed
> to this point.
>
> I am, however, becoming very frustrated trying to get rid of Homegroup and
> Libraries folders on the desktop.

How did you get these on the desktop in the first place? They don't appear
on my version....


Re post in the MS Windows 7 forum:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

PedroB wrote:
> Hi Gordon
> They were both on the desktop after installation and I can't delete them
> as you would any other folder.
> Pete
>
> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:Ohha#...
>>
>> "PedroB" <> wrote in message
>> news:l7oFm.71906$2...
>>> Hi Everyone
>>>
>>> I've used Vista Home Premium for a year or so now and I've installed
>>> Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade and so far so good - I'm pretty
>>> impressed to this point.
>>>
>>> I am, however, becoming very frustrated trying to get rid of
>>> Homegroup and Libraries folders on the desktop.
>>
>> How did you get these on the desktop in the first place? They don't
>> appear on my version....
>>
>>
>> Re post in the MS Windows 7 forum:
>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7
>

If you aren't intimidated by regedit.exe there seems to be a solution.

Removing Libraries and HomeGroup icons from the Windows 7 desktop
http://szeiger.de/blog/2009/08/11/

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"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:Ohha#...
>
> "PedroB" <> wrote in message
> news:l7oFm.71906$2...
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I've used Vista Home Premium for a year or so now and I've installed
>> Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade and so far so good - I'm pretty impressed
>> to this point.
>>
>> I am, however, becoming very frustrated trying to get rid of Homegroup
>> and Libraries folders on the desktop.
>
> How did you get these on the desktop in the first place? They don't appear
> on my version....
>
Err - Maybe they won't appear on the desktop of the NET COP. Err <sigh>
Umm.